Opinion

A few hours ago, our taxi refused to take us in the direction of the Abbasseya, where the clashes were…

In April 2010, the prominent Saudi cleric Mohamed al-Arif announced that he was going to make a trip to Jerusalem,…

The Egyptian political arena is currently passing through multiple disparate conflicts between various forces and on a number of planes.…

“This time it’s personal” — this phrase from the popular movie series Jaws may sum up sentiments by senior royals…

Presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh is a good man and the best product of Egypt’s Islamist currents. His importance…

Every stage of Egypt's supposedly democratic transition has been hailed as part of a bigger democratic gala; from the referendum…

On 13 February 2011, two days after Hosni Mubarak was forced out of office, my uncle, Mohammed Abdel Qoddous, walked…

The popularity of the Salafi Sheikh Adel was surprising, particularly in the top tourist destination in Egypt, the pyramids. A…

The supposedly "angry" speech made by Muslim Brotherhood stalwart and former Deputy Supreme Guide Khairat al-Shater, who was dubbed the…

One week after the first UN monitors arrived in Syria to oversee implementation of the peace plan negotiated by UN…